I've been working on this since yesterday. The animation is a bit fast, but I think it turned out pretty okay, and I could not make myself work more on it lol.
This time I even remembered to sign it.
#KeepValkoAlive #BringValkoBack
Of course, everything I’m about to say is pure speculation, but as I’m involved in game development myself, this scenario seems quite plausible to me.
Do you remember the ‘Yes, Cat Caretaker’ event that took place in the autumn of 2024?
Yes, the very one where we received accessories in the form of interactive ears and a tail?
Accessories so unique that the tail not only got its own tab in the customisation menu, but also, in essence, they were unlike anything we saw in any other event before or since?
Those very ears and tail, that had incredibly detailed mesh and weirdly complex animations?
The very same, that react not only to touch (like some other interactive accessories), but also to the switching of emotion tags linked to dialogue lines?
Based on my experience, I can say that this is a very common practice in game development – creating a technical foundation for a game mechanic, and then reusing it for multiple purposes. Developing game mechanics is expensive, so they are normally being designed not as unique solutions but as tools.
I’m fairly confident that the mechanics for interactive, emotion-responsive ears and tail were designed for Valko, and whilst the character was in active development, this technology was used for the cat caretaker event. This also supports (and is supported by) the observation that the official art with Valko was dated 2023 in the trademark.
hi everyone! i am a cn player and i have been participating in the bring valko back movement as soon as the cancellation announcement was made. i have been seeing how the fandom in both global and cn have united together for our lovely wolfie, and i am incredibly moved by our determination. so many people are on our side and we have been rallying hard to save him and this game.
i know some people are starting to lose hope and feel burnt out by infold’s silence, but please view their silence as a positive thing! this means they are busy working on a solution and also wanna keep it quiet ahead of the sensitive date of july 7th. we won’t hear anything from them until the 7th has passed so please be patient and keep the posts and hashtags going. the 7th is entertainment blackout day in cn so please refrain from posting on cn social media platforms that day, take a little break and take good care of yourselves. we have been working so hard and we cannot let all this effort be destroyed by one wrong move.
another thing i noticed is that when i contacted my cn vip CS before, their response was “the wolf has gone back to the forest, leaving shallow paw prints in the story”, but when i spoke to them today, they changed their rhetoric to the standard “we will pass on your concerns and suggestions to the devs team” even though i explicitly asked for valko to be brought back. this might be a sign to internal changes in their decisions too. hope is not lost at all!
however, we cannot celebrate as if we have won yet until valko is sitting in destiny cafe with his big ol booty. the antis will definitely try new things before we get any definitive answers, so let’s stay united and vigilant.
let’s BRING VALKO BACK!
Just a little something I made. I tried to imitate the kitty LADS style! :3 I have another fanart I’m working on for tomorrow❤️
Feel free to post any Valko kitty pics below or favorite chibi fanarts!
POUNCE! #BringValkoBack
Credit : xhslink.com/o/2Eqp4cfh9xt
I had to think about that audio/meme and just had to draw it with MC :) I really hope they will give us our Wolf soon.
Original art is by faireee20.
We love the wolf and will continue to fight for him!!
Global as well as CN are uniting so beautifully and we came really far! Seriously so far whatever rumours are coming up are a lot positive ones, though don’t trust any rumours and wait for official announcements. Don’t give up and keep posting! Perseverance is key!!
I love his eyes, already in the trailer they were so expressive, i could not not draw then 😭 my beautiful boy please come home 💕
I'm doing my part. Don't give up! #BringBackValko
I have stopped spending. I've sent statements expressing my disappointment to all three of Infold's email addresses, left a negative review on the Play Store, signed all three petitions, and even commissioned an art piece in Valko's honor.
I'm still a relatively new player and have only been playing for a couple of months. None of the current love interests have really clicked with me, and I've been holding out hope that I'll like Caleb since I haven't met him >!since he "died".!< But the moment Valko's teaser dropped, I was immediately interested in him. He made me genuinely excited for the game again. Without him, I'm already starting to lose interest because I still haven't connected with any of the current love interests.
\#BringBackValko
With audio.
This is my lil contribution for Valko's fanarts.
Hope it brings you a smile 🫂
I have an absolutely delusional theory (that I don’t truly believe). I know people have been speculating on whether it’s a PR stunt (if it is, what a choice) or what. But delusional theory time.
Caleb’s last myth had him breaking the fourth wall and taking over the building and texting players.
What if this is him breaking the fourth wall?
Post comes out that Eoncore is taking over Infold/Paper Games/etc. and he’s the new chairman. Everything went quiet while they settled the deal. (Obviously not real but some kind of fun little post like that.) He’s already broken the fourth wall sort of with the giant footprint. And even if this wasn’t the plan to begin with, could be a fun way for him to return.
(Again this is super delulu and I don’t actually believe it but, hey, what do we have but time while we wait to find out his fate.)
Hey, fellow Hunters!
I am so proud of all of the work we have done and are continuing to do, and I don’t want my post to discourage anyone. I am actually probably asking for some validation or maybe little reassurance (I know no one truly knows anything atp), but I’m so terrified of Infold ignoring all of our efforts and not addressing the situation. I’m worried that their responses to those asking for our guy to come home are just bot responses and that that’s all we will ever hear.
If they never say anything, I’ll be heartbroken because that means I can never play this game again. I loved maining Sylus and playing, but now it won’t be the same. I had felt like the game was missing something, and it was our new guy! (I’m not allowed to say his name in this post ig? I don’t know)
Do you guys think it’s likely they will address it or just move on? I’m terrified of our efforts going ignored, but I will not stop advocating to bring him home!
If you could just listen to us… this game is missing a piece without him 😞
I've seen countless posts and conspiracy theories across multiple platforms accusing the mod teams for LaDS of censorship and trying to silence us.
But for what I've seen on this sub and on the official Discord, after the first 1 or 2 days, where they understandably had to adjust to the storm, Valko related and generally critical posts/comments in regards to Infold DO come through, as long as they otherwise respect the general rules. We are able to have actual conversations here and I'm genuinely, pleasantly surprised by this. The messages for deleting posts/comments have actually been updated to be less generic and acknowledge the current situation, and that is way more than Infold's actual CS has done so far.
So I wanted to extend this little thank you to them. They're most likely overworked right now, and who even knows if they're getting paid? (as a general rule modding is a volunteer thing FIY)
So in case it needs to be said, don't dunk on them, none of this is their fault.
ETA notable recent posts to back up my claim:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/s/7nkZQ33qSl
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/s/97nnZBJn7j
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/s/CCw9EXOwqS
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/s/YhtMITcGdz
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/s/tEAjQ6sAYt
I had originally planned to make some drawings to share here of Valko, but in all honesty, I’ve been way too drained to draw. I’d still like to draw him sometime soon, but in lieu of a drawing, I’ve been making edits to a playlist I made after his first trailer.
So far my favorite songs for him other than Tameless Territory is “mystical magical” by Benson Boone (The lyrics fit so well to the situation so far imo and it’s just kind of upbeat and fun in a time where I need it), “in the night” by Dominic donner, “love bites” by Dutch Melrose, “eyes without a face” by Billy idol, and “moonstruck” by enhypen among a few others. Basically, just songs where a few lyrics fit the situation, really😊
For fellow music-loving hunters, what are your go-to Valko songs if you have them?